Louis DiNardo was appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Exar Corporation in January 2012. Before joining Exar, he was a Partner at Crosslink Capital, a stage-independent venture capital and growth equity firm based in San Francisco, which he joined in January 2008, and focused on semiconductor and alternative energy technology investment in private companies. Mr. DiNardo was a Partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners from January 2007 to January 2008. He was President and Chief Operating Officer at Intersil Corporation from January 2006 to October 2006. Before his promotion, Mr. DiNardo held the position of Executive Vice President of the power management business. He held the position of President and CEO, as well as Co-Chairman of the board of directors at Xicor Corporation, a public company, from 2000 until Intersil acquired the company in July 2004. Mr. DiNardo spent 13 years at Linear Technology, where he was Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and General Manager of the Mixed-Signal Business Unit. He began his career in the semiconductor industry at Analog Devices Inc., where he served for eight years in a variety of technical and management roles. Mr. DiNardo holds a B.A. from Ursinus College. He serves on the board of directors of SynapSense Corporation, a manufacturer of high-performance data center infrastructure management energy-efficiency products in Folsom, Calif. Mr. DiNardo also is Chairman of the board of directors of SoloPower, Inc., a manufacturer of thin-film solar cells and flexible solar modules in San Jose, Calif. He has held executive leadership positions with and served on the board of directors of a variety of privately held technology companies.
